Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Viscera by Gabriel Squailia

5 reviews

heres_johnny's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

It's a very unique book. Definitely not for everyone. 

TW gore, trans violence

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Body horror, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Blood, and War

wirt's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Transphobia, Violence, and Blood

opossumble's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Genocide, Hate crime, Infertility, Self harm, Medical content, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Alcohol, War, and Classism

sarah984's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Well. I think I can safely say that I've never read a book quite like this before. An unlikely band of adventurers (including two cult members who have been eviscerating unsuspecting passers by in exchange for drugs, the immortal woman they'd eviscerated, a witch with a reanimated bear for a butler and a horrible doll filled with guts) travel to a troubled city that sits on the calcified organs of long-dead gods, each trying to fulfill their own desires.

The world is the definite stand-out here. Crazy things are happening at every second, but the characters think of them as normal and they're described well enough to fit into a coherent world.

Unfortunately I do feel like this book was too long. A lot of things happened that, while interesting, didn't feel like they really mattered all that much. A great many characters are introduced only to die within pages (even someone who looks like they're going to be a major character at first dies without much development) so the deaths sort of start to get a bit boring.

I did like a few of the things that happened with the city at the end, though. It's a pretty quick read so I would recommend if you don't mind buckets of guts in your books and are looking for something unique.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Transphobia, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Hate crime, Homophobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, and War

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Infertility, Stalking, and Death of parent

rusty_moonshadow's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Hate crime, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Outing, and Dysphoria